prof.dr. T.J.M. (Tom) Mom

Tom Mom
Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Member ERIM
Field: Strategy & Entrepreneurship
Affiliated since 2001

Tom J.M. Mom is a professor of Strategic Growth and Implementation at the department of Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship of RSM Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship and used to be the academic director of RSM's Executive-MBA.

His expertise includes new business development & growth, scaling-up, ambidexterity, leadership development, and strategy execution. His research appeared in journals like the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, Organization Studies, MIT Sloan Management Review, California Management Review, Human Resource Management, and Long Range Planning. He co-authored the 2021 bestseller management book ‘Naar een gezond groeibedrijf in vijf stappen’.  

Tom teaches Strategy Renewal, Strategy Implementation, New Venture Growth & Scaling, and Strategic Entrepreneurship to executives and entrepreneurs, and to PhD and master students.

He advises and trains leadership teams and entrepreurs of private and public frims in areas like increasing profitable growth, leadership development, strategic renewal, scaling-up, innovation, and strategy execution.

Tom obtained a PhD in Strategic Management and a Master’s degree in Strategic Management (Cum Laude) from Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), and a Master’s Degree in International Management from the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS) preceded by an exchange to the Universität St.Gallen, Switzerland. He used to be a visiting scholar at the University of Geneva at the chair for Strategic Management.

Publications

Article (19)

  • Academic (17)

    • Varga, S., Cholakova, M., Jansen, J., Mom, T., & Kok, G. (2023). From platform growth to platform scaling: The role of decision rules and network effects over time. Journal of Business Venturing, 38(6), Article 106346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2023.106346

    • Jansen, J. J. P., Heavey, C., Mom, T. J. M., Simsek, Z., & Zahra, S. A. (2023). Scaling-up: Building, Leading and Sustaining Rapid Growth Over Time. Journal of Management Studies, 60(3), 581-604. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12910

    • Schmidt, A., Mom, T. J. M., & Volberda, H. W. (2023). Factors Influencing Technology Adoption in a Traditional Multinational Energy Company. Research Technology Management, 66(5), 36-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/08956308.2023.2235535

    • Tarba, S., Jansen, J., Mom, T., Raisch, S., & Lawton, T. (2020). A Microfoundational Perspective of Organizational Ambidexterity: Critical Review and Research Directions. Long Range Planning, 53(6), Article 10248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2020.102048

    • Blagoeva, R., Mom, T., Jansen, J., & George, G. (2020). Problem-solving or Self-Enhancement? A Power Perspective on how CEOs affect R&D search in the face of inconsistent feedback. Academy of Management Journal, 63(2). https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2017.0999

    • Mom, T., Chang, YY., Cholakova, M., & Jansen, J. (2019). A Multilevel Integrated Framework of Firm HR Practices, Individual Ambidexterity and Organizational Ambidexterity. Journal of Management, 45(7), 3009-3034. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206318776775

    • Tuncdogan, A., Boon, ARE., Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2016). Management Teams' Regulatory Foci and Organizational Unit's Exploratory Innovation: The Mediating Role of Coordination Mechanisms. Long Range Planning, 50(5), 621-635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2016.11.002

    • Baaij, M., Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2015). Why do multinational corporations relocate core parts of their corporate headquarters abroad? Long Range Planning, 48(1), 46-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2012.07.001

    • Mom, T., Fourne, S., & Jansen, J. (2015). Managers' Work Experience, Ambidexterity, and Performance: The Contingency Role of the Work Context. Human Resource Management, 54(S1), s133-s153. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21663

    • Mom, T., Neerijnen, P., Reinmoller, P., & Verwaal, E. (2015). Relational capital and individual exploration: Unraveling the influence of goal alignment and knowledge acquisition. Organization Studies, 36(6), 809-829. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840615580009

    • Fourne, S., Jansen, J., & Mom, T. (2014). Strategic Agility in MNEs: Managing Tensions to Capture Opportunities Across Emerging and Established Markets. California Management Review, 56(3), 13-38. https://doi.org/10.1525/cmr.2014.56.3.13

    • Baaij, M., Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2012). Should Top Management Relocate Across National Borders? MIT Sloan Management Review, 53(2), 17-19. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/30945

    • Mom, T., Oshri, I., & Volberda, H. (2012). The skills base of technology transfer professionals. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 24(9), 871-891. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2012.718663

    • Volberda, H., Oshri, I., & Mom, T. (2012). Technology transfer: the practice and the profession. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 24(9), 863-869. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2012.718662

    • Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2009). Understanding variation in manager's ambidexterity: Investigating direct and interaction effects of formal structural and personal coordination mechanisms. Organization Science, 20(4), 812-828. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1090.0427

    • Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2007). Investigating Managers' Exploration and Exploitation Activities: The Influence of Top-Down, Bottom-Up, and Horizontal Knowledge Inflows. Journal of Management Studies, 44(6), 910-931. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00697.x

    • Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2002). Exploitatie en exploratie van kennis: het managen van de determinanten van horizontale kennisuitwisseling. M en O, 56(5), 23-43. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/6489

  • Professional (2)

    • Mom, T. (2016). Relational capital, new knowledge and innovative ideas. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 27(3), 5-7. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/93315

    • Baaij, M., Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2012). Should management relocate across borders? RSM Insight, 10(2), 10-11. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/40128

Book (2)

  • Academic (1)

    • Baaij, M., van den Bosch, F., Volberda, H., & Mom, T. (2009). Wederzijds profijt: De strategische waarde van de Top 100 concernhoofdkantoren voor Nederland en van Nederland voor deze Top 100. Inscope.

  • Professional (1)

    • Jansen, J., & Mom, T. (2021). Naar en Gezond Groeibedrijf in Vijf Stappen: Succesvol zijn en blijven in tijden van verandering. (1 ed.) Van Duuren Management.

Chapter (2)

  • Academic (1)

    • Varga, S., Jansen, J. J. P., Mom, T. J. M., & Cholakova, M. (2024). Collapsing or prospering: High-growth firms and business scaling in a turbulent world. In Strategy in a Turbulent Era (pp. 107-131). Edward Elgar Publishing.

  • Professional (1)

    • Mom, T., & Jansen, J. (2011). Inleiding: Investeren en ondernemen tijdens crises? In Corporate Effectuation: Wat managers kunnen leren van ondernemers

Conference contribution (25)

  • Academic (25)

    • Fourne, S., Mom, T., & Jansen, J. (2014). The Interaction of Top and Middle Managers in Strategy Implementation. Western Business & Management Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.

    • Fourne, S., Jansen, J., Krautwald, ST., & Mom, T. (2013). The Interaction of Top and Middle Managers in Strategy Implementation: Effectively Linking Hierarchical Levels. Swiss Strategy Innovation and Entrepreneurship Researchers’ Meeting, Stechelberg, CH.

    • Fourne, S., Jansen, J., & Mom, T. (2013). Reconciling Middle Managers’ Role Conflicts: Individual Level Absorptive Capacity and the Contingency Effects of Social Capital. Western Business & Management Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.

    • Mom, T., Fourne, S., & Jansen, J. (2013). Managers' Ambidexterity and Performance: Effects of Experience Antecedents and Work Context Moderators. Academy of Management Conference (BPS Division), Orlando, FL.

    • Fourne, S., Jansen, J., & Mom, T. (2013). The Interaction of Top and Middle Managers in Strategy Implementation: Examining Hierarchical Linking Mechanisms. Strategic Management Society Conference, Atlanta, GA.

    • Tuncdogan, IA., Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2012). The relationship between managing team regulatory focus and business unit exploratory innovation, and the mediating role of organizational design elements. SMS Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

    • Tuncdogan, IA., Boon, ARE., Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2012). Influence of Managing Team Regulatory Focus on Business Unit Exploratory Innovation through Organizational Design Elements. SMS Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

    • Neerijnen, P., Mom, T., Verwaal, E., & Reinmoller, P. (2012). Disentangling the dynamics between relational embeddedness and individual exploration activities.. Academy of Management Conference, Boston, USA.

    • Fourne, S., Jansen, J., & Mom, T. (2012). Reconciling and mastering middle managers’ role conflicts. Academy of Management Conference (BPS Division), Boston, MA.

    • Fourne, S., & Mom, T. (2012). Social networks and strategic renewal: A middle management perspective.. Academy of Management Conference (SAP Division), Boston, MA.

    • Fourne, S., Jansen, J., Mom, T., & Magala, S. (2012). Strategic Renewal and Middle Managers’ Reconciliation of Role Conflicts: Individual Level Absorptive Capacity and the Moderating Effects of Social Capital.. EGOS Colloquium, Helsinki, FI.

    • Fourne, S., Jansen, J., Mom, T., & Magala, S. (2012). Rethinking strategic renewal and role conflict: Middle managers’ absorptive capacity, ambidexterity, and contextual cross-level moderation effects. EURAM Conference, Rotterdam, NL.

    • Fourne, S., Jansen, J., & Mom, T. (2012). Reconciling and mastering middle managers’ role conflicts: Individual level absorptive capacity and the moderating effects of social capital. Organization Science Winter Conference, Steamboat Springs, CO.

    • Mom, T. (2011). PDW: Bridging Individual and Corporate Entrepreneurial Opportunities. AoM, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, USA.

    • Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2009). How to influence managers’ ambidexterity: The effect of the formal organization structure and informal relationships and the moderating role of hierarchical levels. CBS Management Innovation Conference, Copenhagen.

    • Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2009). How to influence managers’ ambidexterity: The effect of the formal organization structure and informal relationships and the moderating role of hierarchical levels. the Capability Conference, RSM, Erasmus University.

    • Mom, T., & Oshri, I. (2008). CERT-TTT-M: Demand and supply in the TT market place. The Technology Transfer Conference, RSM, Erasmus University.

    • Mom, T. (2007). In search of new organizational forms: Balancing high levels of exploration and exploitation. AoM OMT Symposium “Does the Dynamics of Fast Change Call for New Organizational Forms, Philadelphia, USA.

    • Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2005). Investigating Managerial Ambidexterity: The Influence of Top-Down, Bottom-Up, and Horizontal Knowledge Inflows. ERIM workshop on Ambidextrous Strategies and Innovation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, November 7.

    • Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2005). Investigating Managerial Ambidexterity. The Copenhagen Conference on Strategic Management, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 14-15.

    • Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2004). Intra-Organizational Knowledge Exchange as Antecedent of Exploration and Exploitation Processes. Academy of Management Conference, New Orleans, USA, August 6-11.

    • Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2003). Vertical and Horizontal Knowledge Exchange as Determinants of a Firm's Strategic Exploration and Exploitation Processes: The Influence of Organizational Factors and the Introduction of an Intranet. SMS Mini Conference on Innovating Strategy Processes, Connecticut, USA, May 25-28.

    • Mom, T. (2003). Managing Concurrently the Strategic Processes of Competence Building and Competence Leveraging: The Influence of Horizontal Knowledge Integration Determinants. Academy of Management Conference, Seattle, USA, August 1-6.

    • Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2002). Management processes and knowledge integration as the Strategic internal determinants of a firm's exploration and exploitation adaption. Strategic Management Society 22nd Annual International Conference, Paris, France, September 22-25.

    • Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2002). On the internal determinants of long lived firms' exploration and exploitation adaptions. The proceedings of the EGOS, 18th Colloquium, Barcelona, Spain, July 4-6.

Conference proceeding (5)

  • Academic (5)

    • Shahriari, M., Liu, Y., & Mom, T. (2023). Long-Term Performance Puzzle: High Growth IPO Firms and the Moderating Role of Post-IPO Strategies. In Academy of Management Proceedings (1 ed., Vol. 2023) https://doi.org/10.5465/amproc.2023.19bp

    • Fourne, S., Jansen, J., Mom, T., & Magala, S. (2011). Strategic Renewal and Role Conflict: Linking Absorptive Capacity and Middle Managers' Ambidexterity. In Academy of Management Conference (BPS Division), San Antonio, TX

    • Fourne, S., Jansen, J., Mom, T., & Magala, S. (2011). Strategic Renewal and Middle Managers’ Reconciliation of Role Conflicts: Individual Level Absorptive Capacity and the Moderating Effects of Social Capital. In PREBEM Conference, Rotterdam, NL

    • Fourne, S., Jansen, J., Mom, T., & Magala, S. (2011). Tensions between Continuity and Change – Reconciling Middle Managers’ Role Conflicts Through Individual Level Absorptive Capacity and the Contingency Effects of Social Capital. In EURAM Mini-Conference, Rotterdam, NL

    • Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2005). Managing the Tension between Competence Building and and Competence Leveraging by Influencing Managerial and Organizational Determinants of Horizontal Knowledge Exchange. In Research in Competence Based Management (Vol. 2, pp. 165-192)

Doctoral Thesis (1)

  • Internal (1)

    • Mom, T. (2006). Managers' Exploration and Exploitation Activities: the Role of Organizational Factors and Managers' Knowledge Acquisition. [Doctoral Thesis, Erasmus University Rotterdam]. Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (EUR).

Inaugural speech (1)

  • Popular (1)

    • Mom, T. (2019). Strategic Growth and Implementation: Thriving in a Disruptive Landscape. Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM). Inaugural Addresses Research in Management Series http://hdl.handle.net/1765/115314

Paper (8)

  • Academic (8)

    • Mom, T. (2011). The managers' ambidexterity performance relationship. Paper presented at AoM Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, USA.

    • Mom, T. (2008). New organization forms and ambidexterity. Paper presented at INSCOPE Research Workshop, Maastricht University.

    • Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2007). Managers’ Exploration and Exploitation Activities: The influence of coordination mechanisms. Paper presented at Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, USA.

    • Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2006). Ivestigating Managers' Exploration and Exploitation Activities: The Influence of Top-down, Bottom-up, and Horizontal Knowledge Inflows.

    • Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2005). The Influence of Managerial and Organizational Determinants of Horizontal Knowledge Exchange on Competence Building and Competence Leveraging.

    • Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2003). Managing Concurrently the Processes of Knowledge Exploration and Exploitation: The Influence of Horizontal Knowledge Exchange Determinants. Paper presented at DRUID Summer Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.

    • Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2003). 'Managing and Organizing Concurrent Knowledge Exploration and Exploitation: On the organizational antecedents and outcomes of inter-unit knowledge exchange and the role of IT. Paper presented at Organizational Knowledge, Learning and Capabilities Conference, Barcelona, Spain.

    • Mom, T., van den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (2002). On the Internal Determinants of a Multi-Unit Firm's Ability to Manage the Balance of Competence Building and Competence Leveraging. Paper presented at Competence Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Report (1)

  • Academic (1)

    • Mom, T., & Oshri, I. (2008). Key elements of education programme for "Certified Trans-National TT Professionals. European Commission; FP6 Programme RTD OMC-NET.

Review article (1)

Teaching case (6)

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PhD Tracks (17)

Managing Organizational Tensions: A Multi-level Perspective on Exploration, Exploitation, and Ambidexterity
Managing Organizational Tensions: A Multi-level Perspective on Exploration, Exploitation, and Ambidexterity
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Sebastian Fourné
  • Time frame: 2010 - 2014
Decision Making and Behavioral Strategy: The role of regulatory focus in corporate innovation processes
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Aybars Tuncdogan
  • Time frame: 2010 - 2014
  • Role: Co-promotor
The Hard Power Of Soft Power: A behavioral strategy perspective on how power, reputation, and status affect firms
  • Role: Daily Supervisor
  • PhD Candidate: Radina Blagoeva
  • Time frame: 2015 - 2020
Scale-up DNA: How do fast-growing organizations sustain their growth over time?
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Suzana Varga
  • Time frame: 2018 -
A motivational perspective to decision-making and behavior in organizations
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Saeedeh Ahmadi
  • Time frame: 2014 - 2019
PhD in Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Mahdi Shahriari
  • Time frame: 2019 -
  • Role: Promotor
From start-up to scale-up: a multilevel framework on regional- and firm-level aspects that drive fast growth
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Yassine Lamrani Abou Elassad
  • Time frame: 2019 -
Changing the Narrative: The Behavioral Effects of Social Evaluations on the Decision Making of Organizations
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Hesam Fasaei
  • Time frame: 2012 - 2020
  • Role: Promotor
PhD in Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Anuj Kantilal Tater
  • Time frame: 2021 -
  • Role: Promotor
BDA Leadership Skills – The New Skill Requirements Category for the Zettabyte Era
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Alexander Schmidt
  • Time frame: 2018 -
The Triad of Innovation: Exploring Management Innovation, Business Model Innovation, and Ownership in Unlocking Firms’ Innovative Potential
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Agnieszka Genc
  • Time frame: 2014 -
PhD in Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Dana Hanouni
  • Time frame: 2024 -
PhD in Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Klementine Klein
  • Time frame: 2024 -

Events (4)

2019
February
22
Strategic Growth and Implementation: Thriving in a Disruptive Landscape
Inaugural Address
As: Speaker, Contact
2008
December
03
Technology Transfer: The Practice and the Profession
Conference
As: Coordinator
2006
August
31
Managers' Exploration and Exploitation Activities: The Influence of Organizational Factors and Knowledge Inflows
PhD Defence
As: Speaker
2006
August
31
Strategic Renewal: Investigating Managerial Exploration and Exploitation - Problems, Findings, Recommendations
Research Seminar
As: Speaker

Award (1)

  • ERIM Societal Impact Award (2020)

Address

Visiting address

Office: Mandeville Building T07-03
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands

Research Initiatives

Latest publication

Chapter

Varga, S., Jansen, J. J. P., Mom, T. J. M., & Cholakova, M. (2024). Collapsing or prospering: High-growth firms and business scaling in a turbulent world. In Strategy in a Turbulent Era (pp. 107-131). Edward Elgar Publishing.